Mine Index 2798 Prairietown Coal Company, Prairietown No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2798

Company Name:	Prairietown Coal Company
Mine Name:	Prairietown No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1937	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	9
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 7W

18

NE NE SE

Air shaft

Madison

6N 7W

18

SE NE SE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

200

6.0

6.5

6.25

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Prairietown Coal Company (add)	Prairietown No. 1 (add)	1937-1944	77,955
Total Production: 77,955

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352332

7-30-1944

1:2400

1:2980

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352332, reel 03138, frame 439 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.